For all the blame Facebook has received for fostering extreme political polarization on its ubiquitous apps, new research suggests the problem may not strictly be a function of the algorithm.
In four studies published Thursday in the academic publications Science and Nature, researchers from several institutions including Princeton University, Dartmouth College and the University of Texas collaborated with Meta to probe the impact of social media on democracy and the 2020 presidential election.
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